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Emmett Russell Price Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-011
Abstract
This collection contains the scrapbooks of Emmett Russell Price, professor of Agricultural Journalism at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), from 1910-1944. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings about Blacksburg and VPI.
Dates:
1910 - 1943
Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-058
Abstract
This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.
Dates:
1966 - 1978
G. Preston Frazer Artwork
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-055
Abstract
This collection contains eighteen scketches and drawings created by George Preston Frazer. This collection also contains a sketchbook belonging to Frazer.
Dates:
1940-1953, n. d.
William E. Garnett Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-011
Abstract
The William E. Garnett Papers consist of field notes, surveys, reports, class notes, letters to the editors of Montgomery County, Virginia, newspapers, and reprints of publications.
Dates:
1936-1969, n.d.
Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-039
Abstract
The Lucie L. Gibboney Scrapbook contains dance cards, football programs, correspondence, dried flowers, ticket stubs, menus, photographs and other ephemera. Much of the materials relate to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia. Gibboney (1917-2007) probably collected these materials while visiting her future husband, James M. Graham, Jr. (1916-1976), a 1938 graduate of VPI, to document memories from their time...
Dates:
1934 - 1937
Hard Times Blues Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-038
Abstract
The Hard Times Blues Collection contains materials about the play Hard Times Blues by Lucy Sweeney and its production by the Dumas Theatre Troupe in 2003. Items include background research, correspondence, and a 2019 revised copy of the play as well as programs, flyers, photographs, and a newspaper article about the 2003 production. The play is about Blacksburg local and Virginia Tech employee Floyd "Hardtimes"...
Dates:
1966, 2001, 2003, 2019
Henry H. Hill Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1980-003
Abstract
The Henry H. Hill collection consists of historical and genealogical research compiled by Hill during his lifetime in southwest Virginia. Hill (1880-1954) was an alumni and professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Dates:
1893-1963, n.d.
Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-001
Abstract
The photograph collection at Special Collections and University Archives consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. The collection is also home to historic images of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, the New River Valley, and Southwest Virginia in general. A photograph collection of faculty and staff from the university is maintained separately.
Dates:
c. 1890s-present
John R. Hutcheson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-001
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of...
Dates:
1890 - 1969; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1950)
George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-013
Abstract
The George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers, 1850-1947 [bulk 1850-1904], contain correspondence, legal records, financial records, and religious documents. The collection documents the personal and professional life of George W. L. Kabrich, who taught school and Sunday school, worked as Overseer of the Poor for Blacksburg Township, and was on church councils for local Lutheran churches. Items also relate to George’s father-in-law John Surface, his daughter Effie Kabrich, and others. An item of...
Dates:
1850 - 1947; Majority of material found within ( 1850-1904)
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- McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 1
- McCombs, Dorothy F., 1923-1990 1
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- O'Shaughnessy, Ida L. Surface 1
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- Plank, Elizabeth Bartram Temple, 1903-1982 1
- Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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- Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 1
- Radford Army Ammunition Plant (U.S.) 1
- Reid, Jeff 1
- Reid, Kristine 1
- Rich, Miriam 1
- Riggs, Tammy 1
- Roemer, Christina 1
- Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
- Sanders, Lucie Graham 1
- Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 1
- Sibold, Carrie T. (Carrie Taylor), 1904-1990 1
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- Sibold, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1909-1930 1
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 1
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 1
- Ware, Joseph F., 1880-1969 1
- Ware, Susana Howe Robinson, b. abt. 1897 1
- Warm Hearth Village (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- West, Lindsay Butte, 1934-2018 1
- Wiss, Henry H. 1
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